Damaged British Tank


British Tank 20/8/1918 Villers Bretennoux

Possibly a Mark V* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_heavy_tanks_of_the_First_World_War

Like the image the Mark V* had on the roof, an unditching beam on rails, that could be attached to the tracks and used to extricate itself from difficult muddy trenches and shell craters

Series:
World War I Photograph
Accession Number:
6792/0010
Date:
20/8/1918
Dimensions:
3.8x5cm
Medium:
Photograph
Designer/Manufacturer:
unknown
Provenance:
Donor CFL Rea TKS 1909-13 in 1974
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